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Photo: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Topcliffe, North Yorkshire
The British flying ace Awdry Vaucour is the one famous person from Topcliffe
Awdry Vaucour, the British flying ace, was born in 1890. Their birth falls in the Victorian era. Readers can find them written up in 3 languages. Of its neighbours, Ripon, 7 mi away, lists the most: 40, Derek Kevan first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Awdry Vaucour
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Awdry Vaucour
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Topcliffe
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Ripon lists the most people: 40.
Questions about famous people from Topcliffe
Who is the most famous person from Topcliffe?
Awdry Vaucour (British flying ace (1890-1918)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Topcliffe?
1 people born in Topcliffe have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Topcliffe known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Topcliffe?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Topcliffe’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a bigger area (“London”), another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- Henry Eeles Dresser: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isabella Bird: G.P. Putnam's Sons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Hollinrake: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Grainge: Thomas Holroyd (d.1904), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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